"D.A. Tsenuf" > wrote in
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> Maybe you should read the works of criminologist Gary Kleck about the
number of Defensive Gun Use that occurs annually in the US. It is estimated
to beat least 100,000 incidents per year That works out to about 270 per
day. Now naturally this does not imply that shots were fired. It means
that the gun was either shown up to the gun was actually fired, but in all
cases the intended criminal activity was stopped.

Two things you should point out about the Kleck study.

1) By his research, the 100,000 incidents of crime being stopped because a
gun was on the scene is greater than the number of incidents where a gun
was used in the commission of a crime.

2) Gary Kleck went into his study with moderately strong views in favor of
more gun control laws. He no longer works toward expanded gun control.